Hair-curling device.



No. 854,884. PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

' P. c. GROGOTT.

HAIR GURLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1905.

FREDERICK CHARLES CRbCoTT, or WiiLTHAMSTOW, ENGLAND.

HAI'R-CURLING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed v r 21, 1905. Serial No. 288,393.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK CHARLES GRoooTT, of Myriam Villa, 4, Queens road, Hoe street, Walthamstow, Essex, England, gas en ineer, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in or Relating to Hair- Curling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair curling devices and has for its object to provide an improved construction thereof.

According to this invention I employ a member having means adapted to clamp the hair and also adaptedto be rotated in regard to or within another member or frame so that by rotation of such clamping member the hair will be rolled or curled thereon.

The accompanying drawings illustrate several forms ofmy invention, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 being plan views partly in perspective, Fig. 6 is an end View of Fig. 1, and Fig.

7 is an end view of Fig. 3.

In the forms of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5 an elongated frame a of suitable length is employed having tWo side members I), c and an end member (1 pivoted to the side members I) c and formed at its center with a hole 6 adapted to receive the reduced end of a barf which is preferably formed in two parts 9 h pivoted together just within the end member d of the frame. The end of the barf at the outer side of the end member is formed into or fitted with a knob j by which the bar f together with its divided portions 9 h can be rotated in the hole e. The ends of the, member f g h opposite the knob are adapted to be fastened to the adjacent end of the frame a and this can be accomplished in any suitable manner. The drawings show four means of accomplishing this fastening.

In Fig. 1 the free end of the bars 9 h are received in a contracted portion of the frame a which is also extended beyond the contraction and bent at right angles into a loop in which the ends of the split bar 9 h rest and are secured by the resiliency of the metal from which the frame is made which allows of the barf g it being sprung into and out of position in the loop 71? past the contracted portions Z m, Figs. 1 and 6.

Fig. 4 shows a similar construction to Fig. 1 wherein instead of a loop such as k the contracted portion Z of the frame a is split as indicated at Fig. 4 so that the two parts n 0 of the divided frame embrace or grip the ends of the rods u 'v. This construction provides a contracted portion at each side of the frame while holding the bars in central position and allowing of insertion or withdrawal from either side of the frame instead of it being only possible to insert the bars 9 h from one side as in Figs. 1 and 6.

In Fig. 4 the frame is suitably extended as at w to insure resiliency for the contracted portion Z.

In Fig. 3 the frame a is shown as in the form of a safety pin the dividing member .9 It being sprung into position in a loop g in a similar manner to the well known safety pin except that the divided member f g h is rotatively mounted in a resilient end extension p of the frame a which resilient portion is coiled sufliciently around the part f to prevent its lateral movement otherwise than under the resiliency of said member 10 and the frame a, thus when the rotary divided member f g h is in the position indicated bysolid lines in Fig. 8 it will be retained in the loop g by the resiliency mentioned and will when released by movement in the direction indicated by the dotted line 2 naturally assume a position 3 indicated by the dotted lines.

It would be obvious that a similar construction to that shown in Fig. 3 may be employed by forming a loop such as g with a contracted entrance similar to Fig. 1 or 4 in which case the member f g it may be quite free pivotallyand not subject to the restraint of the resilient mounting to.

In Fig. 2 another form is shown wherein the mounting of the member f 9 his as before described while the ends of the divided parts are received in a socket 1' in a cross bar 8 formed to slide upon the frame a which in this case is made with parallel sides. The cross bar is shown as made of sufficient width to allow of one side of the socket being extended as at tto form a loop in which the bars 9 k may be placed before sliding the cross bar 8 to the dotted position shown in Fig. 2 where the ends of the bars 9 it will be covered by the slide socket r and all lateral movement prevented. The sliding movement of the cross bar .9 will preferably be made as stiff as possible to prevent accidental displacement thereof. A similar construction is shown in Fig. 5.

The divided portions g h of the barf may be plain fiat portions as in Figs. 1, '6, 2, 3 and 7 or the bars of similar section may be twisted as in Fig. 5 or fluted, waved or corrugated or the bars may be comprised by a round member covered by corresponding curved concentric members as indicated respectively at u and v in Fig. 4. Any other type of bar which is capable of initially engaging the hair so that it may be rolled thereon may be employed, such bars being included in the term divided bar as used herein.

Referring now to the use of the device, this is the same with all the modifications shown.

. The divided bars f g h are first detached, and

the hair to be curled is clamped therein, and the ends of the barf g h are again fastened in the retaining loop k or equivalent portion. lhe knob j is now rotated while the frame a s held and the hair is wound upon the barf g h and when wound sufficiently the parts are left in the same position until it is required to unwind the hair which is simply accomplished by winding the knob and bars f in a reverse direction and then unfastening same.

It will be seen that the tightness of the winding may be regulated to a nicety as the winding can be stopped as soon as the frame is as close to the head as desired, and moreover the whole operation can be accomplished much more easily and satisfactorily than when the frame and divided bar as a whole is rotated as has hitherto been the case and in which devices the bar was clamped after winding.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A hair curling device comprising a frame-like part, a divided bar adapted to receive and clamp the hair between its members, and having one end permanently connected to said frame and capable of axial rotation therein, means for receiving and securing the free end of said divided-bar in said frame-like part while permitting independent axial rotation thereof, and a handle fixed to said divided bar and extending beyond said frame-like part, said part and saidbar having a sufficient space between them to permit the hair to be rolled or wound upon said bar by rotating said handle when both ends of said bar are connected to said part.

2. A hair curling device comprising a frame-like part, a divided bar adapted to receive and clamp the hair between its members and having one end permanently connected to said frame and capable of axial rotation therein, and having a handle fixed at such end, and means for receiving and securing the free end of said divided bar in said frame-like part while permitting independent axial rotation thereof, the divided bar being capable of pivoting as a whole about its point of permanent connection when its free ends are released from the frame part, said part and said b'ar having a sufficient space between them to permit the hair to be rolled or wound upon said bar by rotating said handle when both ends of said bar are connected to said part.

3. A hair curling device comprising a frame-like part, a divided bar adapted to receive and clamp the hair between its members and having one end permanently connected to said frame and capable of axial rotation therein and a sliding member on the frame adapted to engage and secure the free end of said divided bar while permitting independent axial rotation thereof.

4. In a hair curling device, a bar and a frame within which said bar is mounted to rotate, said frame having means at each end of said bar for preventing the hair from slip ping therefrom, and said bar having a handle fixed thereto for rotating it, said frame and said bar having a sufficient space between them to permit the hair to be rolled or wound upon said bar by rotating said handle when both ends of said bar are connected to said frame.

5. In a hair curling device, a frame-like part, and a bar capable of rotation relatively to said part, said bar having a pivotal connection with said part whereby it may swing relatively thereto, and a handle fixed thereto and extending outwardly of such connection, whereby the bar may be rotated, said part and said bar having a sufficient space hetween'them to permit the hair to be rolled or 9 wound upon said bar by rotating said handle when both, ends of said bar are connected to said part.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' V FREDERICK CHARLES erocorr.

. Witnesses:

FREDIL L. RANDS,

ROBERT M. SPEARPOINT. 

